An ad from Rockstar that the developer was looking for a PC developer to deliver the highest quality experience on the PC was pulled. The ad has fueled speculation that the developer does intend to embark on a PC release for Grand Theft Auto V, and maybe Red Dead Redemption, if that ship hasn’t yet sailed.

Rumors that Rockstar would start work on a PC release for GTA 5 is a possibility that has not been entirely shot down. Dan Houser from Rockstar has admitted that a PC version is “under consideration,” but no official comment has been made beyond that.

What we have suspected all along is that the PC will get a release of GTA 5 along with both next-gen consoles, but only after the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game are completed. Once they are completed, Rockstar can then devote resources to working on PC and next-gen releases for GTA 5. Of course, this is unconfirmed hearsay at this point.

If you have yet to play Red Dead Redemption from Rockstar, now is the time to get a copy. In October, the Game of the Year Edition of Red Dead Redemption comes out, and what a great value for the $50 asking price.

The Game of the Year Edition of Red Dead Redemption includes an exceptional amount of content, including pretty much every add-on and expansion for the game (including the Undead Nightmare DLC pack, Liars & Cheats Pack, and the Outlaws to the End Co-Op Mission Pack). Maybe the best news is that the previously PS3 Exclusive Solomon’s Folly gang hideout is included. Of course, the just released Myths and Mavericks Bonus Pack is included, as well.

For the money, this Game of the Year Edition delivers all of the goods for a very fair price and there is a lot of content to explore and keep you busy. We know it will arrive this October with a release date of October 11th that seems to continue to be thrown out as its North American release.

We have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the free “thank you” DLC content for Red Dead Redemption ever since Rockstar announced it. We now have learned that it will be finally heading to download starting on September 13th for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

The DLC pack is called Myths & Mavericks and it adds an incredible amount of extra content to the game. (Could be more than most other pay DLC content!) The highlights of the new content include eight new multiplayer characters to try and 11 new multiplayer maps explore.

That seems to be a lot of content that Rockstar is just adding to the game for the fans. It would seem that the heavy multiplayer additions are a way to help keep the title fresh by getting those that might have set it aside to come back and play more of the multiplayer if they have not played in a while, or give it a try if they never have played it.

We would like to see more developers provide more free content, but it would seem that instead we will be treated to more pay DLC that should have been included at no charge in a game in the first place. It is moves like this that make gamers have such loyalty to Rockstar.

Rockstar announced in their Twitter feed that Red Dead Redemption will be getting new downloadable content. While the Twitter message did not indicate what the name of this pack was or when it will be released, it said that more details were to be announced in the coming weeks.

Whispers that we have heard suggest that the new DLC that the Twitter announcement might be referring to might be none other than the Fan Appreciation DLC pack that was announced during E3. The Fan Appreciation DLC pack will apparently be focused on multiplayer with new characters and additional new content for the multiplayer modes.

In addition to the DLC, Rockstar wants Red Dead Redemption players to celebrate July 4th weekend by playing Red Dead Redemption; and if you do you will get quadruple XP. The Quadruple experience points runs from July 1st to 4th.

Last year, many who were not PlayStation 3 owners were very unhappy with the winner of the Game of the Year at the Video Game Awards. While the field was crowded again this year, surprisingly the title that was our hands-down favorite for Game of the Year and it actually won this time around.

That’s right: Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption wins not only Game of the Year, but also download content of the year as well for the Undead Nightmare expansion pack. They didn’t stop there by also winning Best Song in a Game and Best Original Score. Four awards in total, and no other title even came close.

The release of Red Dead was said to be a bit of a bumpy road, with the game being bumped to a later release date at least once that we can remember, and some intense and perhaps less than favorable working conditions during some of the major production crunch times at Rockstar San Diego (based on what we heard). The winning of video game of the year has to be very satisfying; as a western-themed title, many people didn’t even give it a chance and it turned out to be truly one of the best, if not the best video gaming experience of the year.

Our congratulations to the team at Rockstar San Diego from all of us here at Fudzilla.

No matter how much success a studio has these days with a title release, it seems that once a title is completed layoffs hit the studio. While Red Dead Redemption is being hailed as one of the possible early candidates for game of the year, developer Rockstar San Diego has been hit with a round of layoffs that will apparently see about 40 studio employees get the axe.

Take-Two is spinning the layoffs at Rockstar San Diego as just a business decision that is related to the end of the Red Dead Redemption project, and a realignment of resources for the next projects that the studio is working on going forward. This isn’t the only Take-Two studio that has been hit with layoffs; recently, Civilization developer Firaxis has seen its headcount drop by 20 with recent layoffs, as well.

Take-Two has admitted that the release timelines on titles have to improve, but stopped short of suggesting that cuts were necessary to help get the company to a better profitability model. Most recently, as we previously told you, Take-Two confirmed more delays on upcoming titles with both Mafia II and Max Payne 3 having their release dates pushed out.